Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction

Debunk It! by John Grant is a book designed to help teens develop critical thinking skills so they can find the truth in the sea of misinformation. We all know people who blindly share misinformation on social media, and they don’t do it maliciously they just don’t have their critical thinking caps on. Debunk It! […]

Josh Sundquist writes about his experiences trying to find a girlfriend (and find himself) in his memoir We Should Hang Out Sometime. The results are funny, awkward, sweet and relatable. I hadn’t heard of motivational speaker/Paralympian/YouTube personality Josh Sundquist before picking up this book. I just thought the premise of WSHOS sounded quirky and fun, […]

Brown Girl Dreaming is author Jacqueline Woodson’s childhood memoir, as told in verse. Brown Girl Dreaming chronicles Jacqueline’s family life growing up in the 60s and 70s in South Carolina and New York, and how she got interested in writing. This book has been getting a lot of positive attention, and I have to add […]

I’m so pleased to talk to you about Tomboy: a graphic memoir by Liz Prince as part of Zest’s True Stories blog tour! I jumped at the chance to review Tomboy because it’s an autobiographical graphic novel, and that’s an area I want to dig into more. Also, the “gender identity” theme of the book […]

Today I’m so pleased to feature Candace Fleming’s latest book The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia. Candace Fleming is the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns, and her newest book is about Russia’s last royal family. The author is here to tell us about the extensive research that went […]

You all told me how amazing this book was and I finally read it to see for myself! Aristotle & Dante covers the big stuff like love, friendship, culture, family, sexuality, and violence. But Benjamin Alire Sáenz makes this powerful story go down easy with his precise prose. It’s smart, accessible, and satisfying, and a standout GLBT YA Fiction […]